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It sounds as though when you access localhost you’re reaching a _different_ CouchDB instance.
Are you sure the machine doesn’t already have a CouchDB running, perhaps bound only to the
loopback interface? For instance, GNOME desktop, at least on Ubuntu, uses a local CouchDB
to manage the user’s address book/calendar data. Maybe you’re hitting that one.
Try looking at <http://localhost:5984/_utils/> and see if your missing documents are
showing up there.
—Jens